Notre Dame's Michael Floyd met with Jets brass about off-field issues

Brian Spurlock/US PresswireReceiver Michael Floyd is considered one of the top two prospects at his position in this year's draft.

NEW YORK -- During his visit to the Jets facility two weeks ago, Michael Floyd did not work out for the team. The Notre Dame receiver said he instead met with several members of the organization, including owner Woody Johnson, general manager Mike Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan.

Floyd had three alcohol-related incidents during his time at Notre Dame, so the Jets had some questions for him.

"Is it over? Did you learn your lesson? Just something like that," Floyd said today at the NFL's PLAY 60 Youth Football Festival in Chelsea. "And I have. I’m moving forward from that, and just trying to be excited for this time in my life right here, and just hoping and praying that I hear my name called."

Floyd could be a possibility for the Jets if they stay at the No. 16 pick. He and Oklahoma State' Justin Blackmon are considered the top two receiver prospects in this year's class, and he would be an excellent complement to Santonio Holmes.

Floyd has a big frame (6-foot-3, 224 pounds) and was highly productive in college (100 catches for 1,147 yards his senior year), attributes Jets vice president of college scouting Joey Clinkscales raved about last week. Clinkscales also noted they did "a lot of off-the-field work on him," one common purpose of the 30 non-local visits teams are allotted each year.

"I think we would be excited, as well as -- I could name six or seven teams who draft ahead of us that would be excited to have Michael Floyd," Clinkscales said. "He'll be in the mix with a lot of other guys, but Michael Floyd is a supremely talented wide receiver who has an extremely bright future."

Floyd said he is comfortable playing both the split end and the flanker positions. He also said his blocking ability was something the Jets asked about, because receivers blocking is critical to a ground-and-pound offense.

If the Jets do pick Floyd, he said there is a good opportunity at the No. 2 receiver position, but he added that his objective would be only to work hard and earn playing time. But he does believe he could thrive in the New York market.

"I kind of put (the Jets) similar to Notre Dame," Floyd said. "Everyone always brings their 'A' game to play there just because you are always in the spotlight. So in my experience, and how I am as a person, that’s the kind of situation I like to be in. Everybody wants to see you play, and you get your 'A' game out of everybody."